Dockerfile copies entire repo including node_modules causing 1.2GB image and slow push

[Junirezz]

Context
Dockerfile has COPY . . before RUN pnpm install, so local node_modules (800MB) and .git (300MB) are copied into build context and image.

Why this is a gap
Image is 1.2GB vs 300MB achievable, push to GHCR takes 4m and pulls on deploy are slow, and .git leaks commit history into image.

Acceptance Criteria

• Add .dockerignore with node_modules, .git, dist, .next, coverage, *.log and use COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml ./ then RUN pnpm fetch before COPY backend ./
• Multi-stage build: final stage FROM node:20-alpine with only dist and node_modules production deps
• Test: build image and assert docker images size <500MB and no .git directory inside (docker run --rm image ls -la .git fails)
• Existing docker compose up still works

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